The guitarist in my band has one of those 2015 deals with the robo tuners removed. It’s fine to play—I doubled some rhythm parts on it on our first album. Sounds good. He swapped the bridge for some Wilkinson thing with individual saddles. At $500 to $600 is a good guitar. At $1k, I’d look elsewhere if only because that metal zero fret/adjustable nit situation seems like a potential long term hassle—but my dude has eleven-hundredy guitars and doesn’t play unless summoned so I doubt he’ll wear anything out before he shifts it for more gear. I mean, I think I’ve played his Martin D-28 more than he has.